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#6201
04-11-2019, 07:47 AM
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April 15 is the anniversary of the sinking of The Titanic  Only three of the four smoke stacks were actually functional. The extra one was just to make the ship look more impressive. 
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#6202
04-11-2019, 07:50 AM
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 There were only 20 lifeboats. The ship was equipped to hold 64. Many of the lifeboats were sent out before they were full. There were 28 people on the first boat and the capacity was 65.
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#6203
04-11-2019, 07:57 AM
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 Over 800 tons of coal were burned to power the ship every day.
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#6204
04-11-2019, 08:07 AM
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 John Jacob Astor IV was the wealthiest passenger on board. He was worth over $90 million. That's over two billion dollars by today's standards when taking inflation into account.
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#6205
04-11-2019, 08:08 AM
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 The youngest survivor died in 2009. Millvina Dean was two months old when she was on the Titanic. She lived to be 97.
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#6206
04-11-2019, 08:10 AM
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 The above is not what was originally printed about the Titanic: 
Last edited by Lee Stewart; 04-11-2019 at 08:13 AM.
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#6207
04-11-2019, 08:19 AM
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 The ship's remains are disappearing. There’s a rust-eating bacteria called Halomonas Titanicae that is slowly consuming the remains of the ship. It is expected to be completely gone by 2030.
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#6208
04-11-2019, 08:22 AM
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 Captain Edward John Smith cancelled a lifeboat drill planned on the day of the sinking. Nobody knows why he called it off.
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#6209
04-11-2019, 08:30 AM
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 The interior design was based on a London hotel. The Ritz in London's Piccadilly neighborhood loosely inspired the interior of the ship. The hotel opened in 1906 and is still operating today.
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#6210
04-11-2019, 08:35 AM
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 The ship had its own newspaper. The Atlantic Daily Bulletin was printed and posted every night in the First Class Smoking Room
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